Zephaniah 1:9

And I will punish every one who leapeth over the threshold, in that day,—those who fill the house of their lords with violence and deceit.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

In Context

8And it shall come to pass, in the day of Yahweh’s sacrifice, that I will punish the rulers, and the sons of the king,—and all such as are clothed with foreign apparel;

10And there shall come to be, in that day, declareth Yahweh, The noise of an outcry from the fish-gate, and of a howling out of the new city,—and of a great crashing, from the hills.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:15Also, before any could make perfume with the fat, the priests young man would come in and say to the person who was sacrificing, Come! give flesh for the priest’s roastings,—for he will not take of thee boiled flesh—only raw.

2 Kings 5:20Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said—Lo! my lord, hath restrained, this Naaman the Syrian, by not taking at his hand that which he brought! By the life of Yahweh, verily, I will runs after him, and accept of him, something.

Proverbs 29:12When a ruler giveth heed to the word of falsehood, all his attendants, become lawless.

Micah 6:12For, her rich men, are full of violence, and, her inhabitants, have spoken falsehood,—and, their tongue, is deceitful in their mouth.

Acts 16:19And, her masters, seeing that their hope of gain had gone out, laying hold on Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market-place, unto the rulers;

Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 1:8-14

Judgment Predicted. ( b. c. 612.) 7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God : for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. 8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord 's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. 9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. 10 And it shall come to pass… Read the whole commentary →

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